Peter Heinzer
Peter Heinzer (born March 20, 1945 in Stein am Rhein , Canton Schaffhausen ; † November 1, 2015 in Hemmental ) was a Swiss graphic artist and painter .
Life
Peter Heinzer attended the Zurich School of Applied Arts and completed an apprenticeship in graphic design in Schaffhausen . From 1972 he was a freelance illustrator . He was best known as the draftsman of the comic figure " Globi " and as the inventor of his stories - a task he held from 1980 to 2003. In total he was responsible for 20 volumes. He passed the drawings on to Guido Strebel, the director of Globi-Verlag, who wrote the verses for them. According to Strebel, Heinzer saved Globi-Verlag with it. He was also a draftsman for four volumes of the comic strip “ Papa Moll ”.
In 1996 Heinzer moved to Hemmental with his wife. There he turned completely to painting and created landscapes . In 2010 he presented the oil paintings in his special exhibition “Auf den Randen ” in the Schleitheimertal Museum.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Heinzer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Special exhibition “Auf den Randen” , Museum Schleitheimertal, 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hemmental: «Globi» draftsman Peter Heinzer died , Il Giornale del Ticino, November 11, 2015.
- ↑ Savior of the publishing house: The «Globi» draftsman Peter Heinzer has died
- ↑ Peter Heinzer († 70) shaped the cult figure - the Globi draftsman is dead , Blick.ch , November 10, 2015.
- ↑ Brigitte Schmid-Gugler: A piece of lifetime for Globi , St. Galler Tagblatt , December 28, 2007.
- ↑ On the edges: Oil paintings by Peter Heinzer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinzer, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss graphic artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stone at the Rhein |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2015 |
| Place of death | Hemmental |